Comments for Steve Cheseborough http://stevecheseborough.com 1920s-30s-style Blues Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:49:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 Comment on Review of Fetch It! from Il Blues, the Italian blues magazine by Paolo Sperotto http://stevecheseborough.com/2009/06/17/review-of-fetch-it-from-il-blues-the-italian-blues-magazine/comment-page-1/#comment-1963 Paolo Sperotto Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:47:36 +0000 http://stevecheseborough.com/?p=411#comment-1963 Hi Steve! First of all great job about your experience and about this web site! I'm italian, right now I'm living in Toronto and in teh next months I really would like have a trip in order to visit the "Bluesland"...in fact I'm bewitched about the Blues music and Blues world. I'm gonna buy your precious guide ;-) In any case your translation is very good, great job! Hi Steve!

First of all great job about your experience and about this web site!
I’m italian, right now I’m living in Toronto and in teh next months I really would like have a trip in order to visit the “Bluesland”…in fact I’m bewitched about the Blues music and Blues world. I’m gonna buy your precious guide ;-)

In any case your translation is very good, great job!

]]> Comment on Oprah’s Aunt Katherine loves my book by Mamie Smith http://stevecheseborough.com/2009/06/14/oprahs-aunt-katherine-loves-my-book/comment-page-1/#comment-1714 Mamie Smith Fri, 02 Oct 2009 03:00:40 +0000 http://stevecheseborough.com/?p=402#comment-1714 Hi, I am a distant cousin of Katherine Carr. I have a copy of her book, "Jay Bird Creek," and she has a copy of my book "The Unfolding of a Rose." I also know her daughter, JoAnn. Do you live in Kosciusko? I visit my Mom there. Hi,

I am a distant cousin of Katherine Carr. I have a copy of her book, “Jay Bird Creek,” and she has a copy of my book “The Unfolding of a Rose.” I also know her daughter, JoAnn.

Do you live in Kosciusko? I visit my Mom there.

]]> Comment on Flying with your guitar by Dan Revel http://stevecheseborough.com/2009/07/15/flying-with-your-guitar/comment-page-1/#comment-1578 Dan Revel Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:25:47 +0000 http://stevecheseborough.com/?p=419#comment-1578 Another approach would be to allow the airline to smash your guitar, write a song about it and become an YouTube phenomenon: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YGc4zOqozo" rel="nofollow">YouTube - United Breaks Guitars</a> Another approach would be to allow the airline to smash your guitar, write a song about it and become an YouTube phenomenon: YouTube - United Breaks Guitars

]]> Comment on Talent Is Overrated notes by chezztone http://stevecheseborough.com/2009/06/28/talent-is-overrated-notes/comment-page-1/#comment-921 chezztone Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:12:33 +0000 http://stevecheseborough.com/?p=413#comment-921 Norm -- Thanks for your thoughtful response. Yes, we all think that innate talent exists -- that's what makes this book so revolutionary and so interesting. I gave a very very brief summary of it here. Please read the book and then see if you are convinced! I want to hear your comments again after you read it. Thanks again. And keep practicing! Norm — Thanks for your thoughtful response. Yes, we all think that innate talent exists — that’s what makes this book so revolutionary and so interesting. I gave a very very brief summary of it here. Please read the book and then see if you are convinced! I want to hear your comments again after you read it. Thanks again. And keep practicing!

]]> Comment on Talent Is Overrated notes by Norm Willis http://stevecheseborough.com/2009/06/28/talent-is-overrated-notes/comment-page-1/#comment-913 Norm Willis Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:10:11 +0000 http://stevecheseborough.com/?p=413#comment-913 Hi Steve, Very interesting book and review. The point that deliberate practice and critique are needed to become good at something seems obvious. I disagree with the author that innate talent doesn't play a role. Yes, Tiger and Wolfgang got headstarts from committed parents, but there are probably an incredible number of kids who had similar advantages in some area, yet never realized that potential. One can argue that it may just be motivation rather than talent that makes one great and not another; however, that wouldn't explain the occasional savant who, on their own, begin playing an instrument (usually piano) at an incredibly early age and become expert even though they have trouble with basic day to day life. I think dedicated directed practice can help anyone, but innate talent (to some degree at least) and a parental or similar head-start can lead to greatness. Regards, Norm Hi Steve, Very interesting book and review. The point that deliberate practice and critique are needed to become good at something seems obvious. I disagree with the author that innate talent doesn’t play a role. Yes, Tiger and Wolfgang got headstarts from committed parents, but there are probably an incredible number of kids who had similar advantages in some area, yet never realized that potential. One can argue that it may just be motivation rather than talent that makes one great and not another; however, that wouldn’t explain the occasional savant who, on their own, begin playing an instrument (usually piano) at an incredibly early age and become expert even though they have trouble with basic day to day life.
I think dedicated directed practice can help anyone, but innate talent (to some degree at least) and a parental or similar head-start can lead to greatness.
Regards, Norm

]]> Comment on Review of Fetch It! from Il Blues, the Italian blues magazine by admin http://stevecheseborough.com/2009/06/17/review-of-fetch-it-from-il-blues-the-italian-blues-magazine/comment-page-1/#comment-902 admin Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:46:29 +0000 http://stevecheseborough.com/?p=411#comment-902 Well, I've studied Italian a little. And I know Spanish, French and Latin. And I used online text-translators and dictionaries. And the review is about blues, so many of the terms are borrowed from English. So that's how I managed to translate it. But still some parts of it sound a little odd; I would appreciate it if someone with better knowledge of Italian would give some suggestions on the translation. Well, I’ve studied Italian a little. And I know Spanish, French and Latin. And I used online text-translators and dictionaries. And the review is about blues, so many of the terms are borrowed from English. So that’s how I managed to translate it. But still some parts of it sound a little odd; I would appreciate it if someone with better knowledge of Italian would give some suggestions on the translation.

]]> Comment on Review of Fetch It! from Il Blues, the Italian blues magazine by Jim Cheseborough http://stevecheseborough.com/2009/06/17/review-of-fetch-it-from-il-blues-the-italian-blues-magazine/comment-page-1/#comment-655 Jim Cheseborough Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:19:11 +0000 http://stevecheseborough.com/?p=411#comment-655 Wow, very cool. How did you do the translation? Great review! Wow, very cool. How did you do the translation?
Great review!

]]> Comment on Review of Fetch It! by New CD; new book! » Steve Cheseborough http://stevecheseborough.com/2009/05/16/review-of-fetch-it/comment-page-1/#comment-490 New CD; new book! » Steve Cheseborough Tue, 09 Jun 2009 03:07:01 +0000 http://stevecheseborough.com/?p=348#comment-490 [...] out! The new CD, Fetch It! See reviews of it here and [...] [...] out! The new CD, Fetch It! See reviews of it here and [...]

]]> Comment on Fetch It! CD about to be released by New CD; new book! » Steve Cheseborough http://stevecheseborough.com/2008/12/19/fetch-it-cd-about-to-be-released/comment-page-1/#comment-489 New CD; new book! » Steve Cheseborough Tue, 09 Jun 2009 02:28:24 +0000 http://stevecheseborough.com/?p=276#comment-489 [...] out! The new CD, Fetch It! See reviews of it here and [...] [...] out! The new CD, Fetch It! See reviews of it here and [...]

]]> Comment on review of Marybeth Hamilton, In Search of the Blues by admin http://stevecheseborough.com/2008/09/02/review-of-marybeth-hamilton-in-search-of-the-blues/comment-page-1/#comment-351 admin Wed, 27 May 2009 01:11:48 +0000 http://stevecheseborough.com/?p=98#comment-351 Thanks for your comments, Paul. McKune might be an interesting character, and he might have a lot to do with the resulting popularity of older blues (even if he would have rather it didn't become popular). But somehow I am pretty sure that the music would have come out into the attention of more people (still a small minority, but many more than the handful of McKune's associates) even without his help. And I still have a problem with Hamilton's description: "And it was there at the Williamsburg YMCA, in a single room sometime in the mid-1940s, that the Delta blues was born." Thanks for your comments, Paul. McKune might be an interesting character, and he might have a lot to do with the resulting popularity of older blues (even if he would have rather it didn’t become popular). But somehow I am pretty sure that the music would have come out into the attention of more people (still a small minority, but many more than the handful of McKune’s associates) even without his help. And I still have a problem with Hamilton’s description: “And it was there at the Williamsburg YMCA, in a single room sometime in the mid-1940s, that the Delta blues was born.”

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